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Founder InsightsDec 15, 2025Founder Spotlight: How Sage James Creative Is Helping Rochester Businesses Clarify Their Brand OnlineRochester, N.Y. — As more small businesses compete for attention in an increasingly crowded digital landscape, Hannah Lavigne has built a business around helping brands stand out with clarity and intention.By Connected Know
Dec 14, 2025Connected Know’s Guide to Coworking in Rochester for Startups and Small BusinessesROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester’s coworking ecosystem has quietly evolved from a handful of shared offices into a diversified network of spaces serving everyone from startup founders and remote executives to women…By Connected Know
Dec 13, 2025Rochester’s Unexpected Role in the Future of AgricultureROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester and the broader Finger Lakes region are quietly assembling the components of a nationally relevant AgTech ecosystem, one rooted in advanced research, global food and retail influence, and a…By Connected Know
Dec 11, 2025Inside Rochester’s Boutique Fitness Industry And the Studios Leading ItROCHESTER, N.Y. — Boutique fitness is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the health and wellness industry, with global revenues projected to climb into the tens of billions over the next decade.By Connected Know
Founder InsightsDec 4, 2025This Rochester Founder Is Brewing a New Kind of Celebration - No Alcohol RequiredROCHESTER, N.Y. — When Shelley Elkovich launched For Bitter For Worse in early 2020, she wasn’t just introducing another beverage brand, she was reimagining what it means to raise a glass.By Connected Know
Dec 3, 2025Flower City AI Summit Marks Third Year With Big Ideas, Regional MomentumROCHESTER, N.Y. — Flower City AI returned Wednesday for its third year, filling The Little Theatre with technologists, founders, educators, healthcare leaders and students for a full-day program focused on Rochester’s…By Connected Know
InvestmentNov 25, 2025Rochester Based, Brown and White Ventures, Adds High-Growth Biotech miRecule to Portfolio, Betting on RNA TherRochester, NY - Brown and White Ventures is backing a biotech innovator, announcing November 25th a new investment in miRecule, a Maryland-based biopharmaceutical company developing antibody RNA therapeutics for rare…By Connected Know
Nov 21, 2025Rochester’s Tech Community Packs the Jackrabbit Club for TechRiseRoc CelebrationROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester’s tech leaders, founders, and innovators gathered at the Jackrabbit Club in Village Gate last night for a high-energy celebration of TechRiseRoc, TechRochester’s mentorship-driven program…By Connected Know
Nov 20, 2025BREAKING NEWS - Rochester Tech Firm Quietly Builds the Future of Union Benefits, It Goes Live in 2026ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In a move that blends innovation with impact, Envention LLC has partnered with Teamsters Local 118 to launch a next-generation Union Benefit Management System, scheduled to go live in January 2026.By Connected Know
Nov 19, 2025The 2025 Rochester Startup and Small Business Holiday Gift Guide: The Hottest Local CompaniesROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester’s startup and small-business community continues to shape how the region shops, celebrates, and invests in local founders.By Connected Know
Founder InsightsNov 18, 2025Founder Spotlight: This Rochester Founder Is Turning Coffee Into a Candy Bar and Shaking Up CPGROCHESTER, N.Y. — After three decades in the food and beverage industry, Rochester native Thomas Seymour is channeling his expertise into a new kind of coffee experience.By Connected Know
Nov 16, 2025The Rise of Rochester Tech: The Fastest-Growing Companies You Should KnowROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester has long been known for its legacy industries, research institutions, and engineering talent.By Connected Know
All citiesInvestmentNov 15, 2025$1M Breakthrough: Grow-NY 2025 Crowns New Ag-Tech Winners Driving Upstate’s Innovation EconomyCANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — The 2025 Grow-NY Business Competition awarded $3 million to seven emerging food and agriculture companies this week, naming Brooklyn-based Brekland the $1 million grand-prize winner.By Connected Know
Nov 15, 2025From Rochester to the SEC: Constellation Brands’ Ruffino Prosecco Partners with Alabama AthleticsROCHESTER, N.Y. — Constellation Brands is extending its reach into one of the most powerful ecosystems in American sports as Ruffino Prosecco, one of its signature wine labels, becomes a Proud Partner of the University…By Connected Know
Nov 14, 2025Rochester Prepares for Global Entrepreneurship Week, A Regional Showcase of Innovation and GrowthROCHESTER, N.Y. — Global Entrepreneurship Week Rochester, GRWROC, returns November. 18–21,2025 bringing together founders, investors, support organizations and business leaders for four days focused on innovation…By Connected Know
Nov 13, 2025The Best Coffee Shops in Greater Rochester for Founder Work, Collaboration, and Getting Things BuiltROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester’s founder community doesn’t run on caffeine alone, but the right coffee shop can absolutely spark better ideas, smoother meetings, and the kind of chance encounters that make building a…By Connected Know
Nov 10, 2025One of Rochester’s Fastest-Growing “Startups” Is Actually a SchoolHow the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship is rewriting the rules of business education and expanding into Buffalo. ROCHESTER, N.Y.By Connected Know
All citiesNov 4, 2025Rochester’s Public Powerhouses: How Publicly Traded Companies Are Fueling the Region’s Economic MomentumRochester remains a vital player in New York’s economic landscape. Not just through startups and research, but through established, market-listed enterprises that continue to anchor and employ thousands across the…By Connected Know
All citiesOct 31, 2025Mapping New York’s Innovation Infrastructure: A Guide to the State’s Economic Development CategoriesA Connected Know guide to New York’s innovation infrastructure—how accelerators, incubators, and research centers drive statewide economic growth.By Connected Know
Oct 30, 2025Two Days of Innovation: New York State Innovation Summit Returns to RochesterROCHESTER, N.Y. — For the first time since 2019, the New York State Innovation Summit returned to Rochester this week, bringing together more than 550 of the state’s brightest minds in technology, manufacturing, and…By Connected Know